Blooming Cupcake Flower Pot

Today my sister had her bridal shower and I knew I wanted to bake cupcakes but I wasn't sure what kind to bake. I've been so tired of the same old cupcake presentation, you know, just having the cupcakes out on a platter. So I saw this idea(on pintrest, of course)and knew I had to try it! It looks so hard to make; everyone kept asking me how many hours it took me to make this which was quite funny because this was the easiest arrangement to make. It was a hit! Everyone loved it and some people thought it was a real bouquet. My sister knew I made cupcakes so I told her they were on the counter and she couldn't find them because she saw them but she thought they were real flowers! This led me to think maybe edible bridal bouquets will be the new trend, haha I sure would love one walking down the isle and munching on some cupcakes, well that sounds perfect to me! I hope you enjoy this, if you make one send me pictures to my twitter! @sweetemelines Happy baking!

 **For video instructions click here:) 

Supplies:
Flower pot (I got mine at The Christmas Tree Shop for $4.99)
Styrofoam ball, the size depends on the size of your flower pot
Tooth picks
Stiff buttercream frosting
1M or 2D tip
Cupcakes, of course!

Step 1: 
Place the styrofoam ball into the flower pot, depending on the size you may or may not need to hot glue it in. My ball was a bit large so I stuffed it into the pot so no glue was needed.
Step 2:
Frost the cupcake using my rose frosting tutorial. Your going to want to make sure your frosting is very stiff or else it will slide off of the cupcake. This happened to me only one time and ended up looking like a frosting ring, hehe!

Step 3:
Place toothpicks into the styrofoam and poke the cupcake through the toothpick, do this until the ball is covered with cupcakes. 

Step 4: 

Show it off! And when everyone ooo's and aww's over it, enjoy it and let them think it was hard  to make;)

How To Frost A Rose

Frosting a rose on a cupcake may look extremely difficult but honestly it's probably the easiest frosting technique! I love using the rose on cupcakes; it takes a plain cupcake and makes it so girly and pretty. This is also an easy way to fake a rose, this technique is not quite as difficult as making the roses that stand up. Once you try it you'll be addicted and want to do it over and over again! Happy baking!

Suplies needed:
Stiff buttercream frosting
Piping bag
1M or 2D tip (for this tutorial I used the 1M tip)

*Please excuse my random dancing in the beggining there was a good song on;) Subscribe to me on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/SweetEmelines?feature=mhee

Ribbon Frosting Cupcake

Lately I've been getting tired of frosting cupcakes the same old way so I did a little research on Pintrest and looked at some cake decorating techniques; once I found this one I fell in love! I wasn't sure how it would turn out on a cupcake but I absolutely love it. This cupcake would be so adorable for a bridal shower or a little girl's party. Now after doing this technique I'm feeling a bit brave and I have the urge to try this on an actual cake, if I do I'll be sure to post it! For this tutorial I made a video because I feel that it is easier to see the technique. I hope you enjoy, happy baking!

What you will need:
-Wilton tip 104
-Stiff frosting (My frosting was not stiff enough which made it look a bit droopy)
-A pretty tea saucer
-Decoration of your choice

Step 1: Place tip at the bottom of the cupcake, next while applying pressure to the bag begin piping the icing in a zig-zag upward motion, remember to keep the tip close to the cupcake while doing this. Once you have reached the top of the cupcake you can release the bag and start on the next ribbon.

Step 2: Once the whole cupcake is frosted pipe in zig-zag motion along the top of the cupcake until the cupcake is fully frosted.

Step 3: Decorate! I did a bad job at decorating with the pearls but I did fix them for the picture:)